title: Cat scratch disease in the parotid gland presenting with facial paralysis.
abstract: Facial paralysis due to cat scratch disease (CSD) has not been described previously. A case is reported where this self limiting benign condition presented in a child with a parotid lump and a lower motor neurone facial paralysis affecting the marginal mandibular branch of the facial nerve simulating a malignant tumour of the parotid gland. This case demonstrates a highly unusual presentation of CSD.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT Surgery, Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Premachandra
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Milton
mesh_terms: D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010305:Parotid Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis